Loco Pilot Run Over By Rajdhani Express In Jharkhand: Cops

A loco pilot was run over by the New Delhi-Ranchi Rajdhani Express when he was crossing the railway tracks in Jharkhand's Koderma district on Saturday morning, police said. The incident happened near Gajhandi station in Dhanbad railway division, they said. Pankaj Kumar Singh (36), a resident of Munger district in Bihar, was posted at Gomoh in Dhanbad, they added. After his duty was over, Mr Singh was crossing the tracks when the incident happened, Koderma RPF in-charge Jawahar Lal said. After post-mortem examination and completion of other formalities,...

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Man Throws Show At Swami Prasad Maurya Over Remarks Against Ramcharitmanas

A man hurled a shoe at the national president of Rashtriya Shoshit Samaj Party Swami Prasad Maurya during a rally here on Friday. The man, identified as Dharmendra Dhakrey, has been and further action is being taken against him, Dauki SHO Rampal Singh said. A spokesperson of the Akhil Bharat Hindu Mahasabha (ABHM) claimed that Dharmendra Dhakrey is associated with the organisation. Mr Maurya in February left the Samajwadi Party and formed the Rashtriya Shoshit Samaj Party. The incident happened this evening when Mr Maurya was addressing a rally...

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BJP Will Take Action If Pawan Singh Contests Against NDA Nominee: Minister

Union Minister R K Singh on Thursday sought action against Bhojpuri singer-turned-politician Pawan Singh who has announced that he will contest the Lok Sabha elections against NDA despite being a BJP member. R K Singh was responding to queries about the singer's decision to enter the fray as an independent from the Karakat Lok Sabha seat in Bihar, where former Union minister Upendra Kushwaha, chief of Rashtriya Lok Morcha, is contesting as the NDA candidate. "Either he should announce that he would not contest polls against the NDA nominee from...

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Rajasthan Government School Teacher Suspended For Beating Class 3 Student

The Rajasthan government on Wednesday suspended a government school teacher in Barmer district for allegedly beating a class 3 student. Ganpat Patalia, a teacher of Government Higher Primary School in Chhota Hathala village, was suspended after the authorities took suo moto cognizance of a video in which he was seen slapping a student. The teacher had slapped an eight-year-old student named Praveen on Monday, Bakhasar Police Station SHO Vishan Singh said. An FIR was booked in the matter on Tuesday evening after a video of it surfaced on the internet. Singh...

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न्यूजक्लिक के संपादक की गिरफ्तारी मामले में SC ने दिल्ली पुलिस की कार्रवाई पर उठाए सवाल, फैसला सुरक्षित

न्यूज पोर्टल न्यूजक्लिक (News Portal Newsclick) के संपादक प्रबीर पुरकायस्थ (Prabir Purkayastha) की गिरफ्तारी के मामले पर सुप्रीम कोर्ट में मंगलवार को सुनवाई हुई. सुप्रीम कोर्ट ने गिरफ्तारी के बाद उनके वकील को सूचित किए बिना मजिस्ट्रेट के सामने पेश करने में जल्दबाजी के लिए दिल्ली पुलिस पर सवाल उठाया. जस्टिस बीआर गवई और जस्टिस संदीप मेहता की पीठ ने इस तथ्य पर भी हैरानी जताई कि पुरकायस्थ के वकील को रिमांड आवेदन दिए जाने से पहले ही रिमांड आदेश पारित कर दिया गया था. गिरफ्तारी के तरीके पर सवाल उठाते हुए पीठ ने गैरकानूनी गतिविधियां (रोकथाम)...

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Tamil Nadu Ex-Professor Jailed For Attempted Sex Trafficking Of Students

A former assistant professor, Nirmala Devi, has been sentenced to 10 years in jail by a court in Tamil Nadu for soliciting sexual favors from women students to university officials.  The court's verdict on Monday found her guilty under five Sections, including attempting to traffick four women and imposed a fine of Rs 2.4 lakh. Two others, including a male assistant professor, were acquitted in the case. Nirmala Devi, who worked at the Devanga Arts College in Aruppukottai, was arrested in 2018 following the circulation of a recorded telephonic...

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"996 New Villages, Poppy...": Manipur Chief Minister On Illegal Immigrants

Manipur Chief Minister N Biren Singh has doubled down on the state government's claim that a major factor behind the ethnic crisis in the border state was the "massive influx of illegal immigrants from Myanmar". Mr Singh said at least 996 villages have mushroomed across Manipur since 2006, and attributed what he called the "unnatural growth" to illegal immigrants settling down after scattering all over the unsurveyed hill areas of the state. "Will...

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Kolkata Airport Receives Second Bomb Threat In 3 Days

Authorities at the Kolkata airport on Monday received a bomb threat by email, three days after a similar communication, triggering a frantic search across the facility, officials said. However, the mail, which threatened to blow up the airport, turned out to be a hoax, they said.  The threat mail was sent to all airports in the country on Monday, said Aishwariya Sagar, the Deputy Commissioner of Police, Airport Division of Bidhannagar Police Commissionerate. Security agencies at the Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose International Airport (NSCBIA)...

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पाकिस्तान ने IMF के सामने फिर फैलाए हाथ, PM शहबाज शरीफ ने की नए लोन की डिमांड

पड़ोसी मुल्क पाकिस्तान (Pakistan )भयंकर आर्थिक संकट से जूझ रहा है. यहां हाल ही में नई सरकार का गठन हुआ. नवाज शरीफ के छोटे भाई शहबाज शरीफ (Shehbaz Sharif)गठबंधन सरकार में प्रधानमंत्री बने हैं. देश के खर्चों के लिए सरकार के पास फंड (Pakistan Economy) नहीं है. लिहाजा पाकिस्तानी पीएम शहबाज शरीफ ने एक बार फिर से अंतरराष्ट्रीय मुद्रा कोष (IMF) के सामने कर्जे के लिए हाथ फैलाए हैं. न्यूज एजेंसी 'रॉयटर्स' की रिपोर्ट के मुताबिक, पाकिस्तान के प्रधानमंत्री शहबाज शरीफ ने रविवार को IMF की मैनेजिंग डायरेक्टर क्रिस्टालिना जॉर्जीवा के साथ बैठक की. इस दौरान शरीफ...

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Congress Names Candidates For 2 Lok Sabha, 8 Assembly Seats In Odisha

The Congress on Sunday released the names of two Lok Sabha candidates and eight nominees for the Assembly elections in Odisha. According to the candidates list released by AICC's Central Election Committee, the party changed the contestant for the Sambalpur Lok Sabha seat. Former MP Nagendra Pradhan is made the new candidate in place of Dulal Chandra Pradhan. The party fielded former minister Suresh Mohapatra in the Cuttack Lok Sabha constituency. Denying ticket to Barabati-Cuttack MLA Md Moquim, the Congress has fielded his daughter Sofia Firdous....

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